"Cheerful, physically strong, versatile, and capable." Du Youjun, dean of the School of Media and Art, Shanghai Institute of Physical Education, often "sells" graduates.
Entering the graduation season, the circle of friends of him and his colleagues has become a propaganda position for students to find jobs. The information released includes a cloud-based live interview. In addition to employers and job-seeking graduates being online, school leaders have also turned into anchors for online "live broadcast". With people".
This spring, "visiting enterprises to expand jobs and promote employment" has become a key word in major colleges and universities.
In the graduation season under the epidemic, the rhythm of graduation and employment has been disrupted, and formats such as competitions, marketing or exhibitions have also been forced to suspend, and sports graduates will inevitably face "difficulty in finding employment".
According to Wang Xueli, director of the Sports Industry Development Research Center of Tsinghua University, due to the continuous fluctuation of the epidemic, in the domestic human resources market, the fault tolerance rate of both candidates and employers in selection is decreasing, and the uncertainty of employment has increased. Sports companies in the sports industry have insufficient overall profitability, low risk resistance, and "lack of moats and firewalls". Therefore, employment in the sports industry has become more difficult.
"But she said that challenges often coexist with opportunities, and there is no shortage of "breakthrough" paths for sports graduates.
Encountered the first hurdle in life when getting a job
After being locked up in school for 78 days, Zhou Xu (pseudonym) bid farewell to Shanghai with two large bags and a suitcase, and hurriedly bid farewell to his university life.
Originally, he could return to Beijing by taking the high-speed train for 5 hours, but according to relevant epidemic prevention requirements, he needed to be quarantined for 14 days before returning to Beijing.
During the 4 years in Shanghai, Zhou Xu was busy with internships and did not have time to go to neighboring cities or even Shanghai Disneyland. He used the money saved by his internship to plan a graduation trip centered on Shanghai. As a result, the school was closed on the second day after returning to school. control.
In the last days of my student days, I became "unsure" and "confused".
Zhou Xuxue's major is sports journalism. The "Magic City" with a strong sports atmosphere has provided him and his classmates with a large number of internship opportunities with a high starting point. Internet companies are popular choices. Students who perform well can not only gain internship experience, but also may To obtain verbal promises about job opportunities, "pre-admission" is the employment status that many students consider themselves.
In April, the variables gradually arrived, and many companies "have no school recruitment plan this year".
In an instant, everyone rushed to the recruitment website to submit their resumes, but at this time, many of the jobs they wanted had already ended the recruitment period, and most of the resumes submitted were sinking. "The response rate is only one-tenth, it may be declined".
Zhou Xu said that the students kept lowering their employment expectations. "In the end, they also voted for things that are completely unrelated to their majors, such as logistics and food delivery."
The rich internship experience made Zhou Xu's resume "really exciting", and it also won him a job opportunity in a small sports company. The relatively unpopular event IP made him a little hesitant, but the skinny reality hit him, " As a fresh graduate, I am very lucky to find a job this year. If the epidemic does not end, I will not consider changing jobs, so I will study there first."
"At present, apart from those who continue to study for a Ph.D., go abroad, and take the civil service exam, one-third of the students in the class have already confirmed their jobs, but some students have lost the opportunity because the employment unit requires offline interviews and cannot go there due to the epidemic." Lin Lin (pseudonym) is a third-year student majoring in medical technology in a university. In her opinion, due to the professionalism of the discipline, the emergence of the epidemic will affect employment expectations rather than employment opportunities. Few, most of the undergraduates have gone to institutions, and at the postgraduate level, everyone still wants to go to public hospitals.”
Lin Lin, an excellent professional, has tried many tertiary hospitals, but at the first interview, she experienced the "dilemma" that there was no interviewer's question after self-introduction. She asked an acquaintance to inquire and was told that "the other party prefers to recruit boys."
After that, she had the opportunity to enter a well-known hospital for an internship, and she also won a verbal "agreement" to "prepare to go through the entry process" with her outstanding performance. In order to better adapt to the future employment unit, she shared a rent with a friend for 3,700 yuan opposite the hospital. After the internship period ended, he returned to his hometown in Henan to wait for the notice of employment, but there was still no news after a few months.
In the meantime, she did not try to find another job. "The other party said so sincerely, I want to choose another unit, which is too unkind."
Her mother also urged her to follow up on the situation. She thought, "During the epidemic, don't cause trouble to others", but she hurriedly returned to the rental house. In the end, she went to the hospital across the street during the lockdown and "no longer recruited people". information.
"The other party was surprised and asked me why I didn't find another job."
"I had a premonition, but I couldn't believe it." Lin Lin's eyes smeared as he lay in bed thinking about the future, "I'm too careless, because of the 'promise' in my eyes, I missed a lot of the golden period of good hospital recruitment." She I felt that my journey was going well, but I didn't expect to encounter the first hurdle in my life when I was employed.
Many graduates said that if the relevant departments can better coordinate the return of graduates and push the job information "more accurately", the recruitment unit can synchronize the information in a more timely manner, which will help them.
"Let's go according to the policy at least", some graduates reported that many companies define their own "graduate" status, which has caused many job seekers to fail to benefit.
Seeking "stability" amid uncertainty
"My friends, teachers and everything I am familiar with are here." Lin Lin didn't want to leave the super first-tier city where she lives. There are the best sports and rehabilitation resources in China, and she is close to successfully settling down, but she Finally, I got a job offer in a third-class hospital in a provincial capital city in the south.
In the face of the challenge of "unfamiliar life", the person in charge of the recruiting side gave her the most pertinent suggestion, "You settle down first, and then join the job. It is recommended that you go back with your academic achievements in transition for a few years, and don't waste your time in vain. ." Lin Lin said that the other party's thinking from her standpoint became the most important reason to impress her.
In establishment and household registration, Lin Lin did not consider the factor of "stability" when he initially chose a career. However, after several setbacks in his job search, coupled with the survival difficulties of many private hospitals or rehabilitation institutions, the suggestions of teachers and parents to "seek stability" have changed unprecedentedly. Gotta "make sense".
"At least you can't be overconfident. You must be prepared with many hands. It doesn't count if you don't sign a contract. You might get stuck in which process. The so-called 'stable' also means you have to know how to leave a way out for yourself."
"The front line in the spring is too long, which will lead to great swings and uncertainties in employment." Dai Ming, who majored in broadcasting and hosting at the Shanghai Institute of Physical Education, also lost his favorite job opportunity due to changes in the employment unit's recruitment policy. , but he learned very early that "you can't let yourself have no way out". When other students were desperately waiting for the spring recruit, he had already established several work intentions in the autumn recruit.
"I signed an agreement between the two parties at that time. I was conservative and wanted to give myself a clue." Taking precautions helped Dai Ming successfully "go ashore" in the current difficult mode of recruitment. The work content of operations can still play to his strengths, "that is, from the front to the background."
"Leaving" the sports industry is both a helpless move and a decision made by Dai Ming after serious consideration.
When Dai Ming was in school, he tried to start a business and provided live broadcasts for some conferences or activities. "At that time, in order to increase the possibility of settlement." Although the venue, business, and various procedures had to be run by himself, with the help of teachers and classmates However, due to the sudden outbreak of the epidemic, offline events, activities and meetings were completely stagnant, and business gradually turned into online dubbing and video editing. The pressure of the general environment accelerated Dai Ming to find a stable job. , even if his main business is not directly related to the sport he loves.
"The epidemic has magnified the problems of the sports industry itself. The Universiade and the Asian Games have been postponed, and the Asian Cup has been relocated. For a group of media people surrounding the event, the event is gone, what should we do?"
For Zhang Hao (pseudonym), staying in the sports circle is the source of his "sense of security".
He studied martial arts and traditional national sports in a sports college in the central and western regions. Most of the students' career choices are "coaching". If you take the teacher qualification certificate to enter primary and secondary schools, you can either enter the training institutions in the market." However, after the outbreak of the epidemic, many training institutions are experiencing pain, which makes many students take a wait-and-see attitude, "Whether it is the number of postgraduate entrance examinations or civil servants, This year has increased significantly." But in general, thanks to the contacts accumulated in the professional field of sports, "the worst senior brothers or coaches can also help."
Zhang Hao also chose to continue his postgraduate studies, although he also has advantages in employment.
"I have reached the level of a master, and if I want to take a career, the conditions are basically met." However, he was worried that his undergraduate degree would be "stuck" in the future promotion path, so he decided to continue to accumulate capital for himself.
The epidemic is just a magnifying glass
"After the emergence of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in 2020, it has become the norm for events to be affected, but the transmission effect of this on the sports industry will not be highlighted until 2022." In Wang Xueli's view, from the perspective of the current employment situation, the original application area is relatively low. A wide range of non-technical majors are greatly affected, but relatively vertical technical majors have strong stability when the external environment changes. In any case, if a number of international sports events are postponed or relocated, Losing confidence in employment in the sports field, "somewhat over-interpreted the news."
Wang Xueli said that the postponement or relocation of the competition is a helpless move, but there are many "opportunities".
On the one hand, it leaves space and opportunities for local events, so that more resources may be invested in local events. On the other hand, campus sports and national fitness will gain more opportunities, including grassroots community sports construction, etc. These fields More sports-related jobs will be released.
In Du Youjun's view, not obsessed with super-first-tier cities, returning to the grassroots is indeed an employment idea that current graduates can try to change.
Taking the sports consumption pilot cities as an example, it is not difficult to see that the quasi-first-tier or second- and third-tier cities may have more vitality and space for sports consumption. In addition, when offline employment encounters difficulties, online job opportunities can also be considered. Students are still parents, so they have to face reality first, and they have to act.”
However, "Do you have to guard the sports outlet for employment?" Wang Xueli said that the current sports industry in my country itself is not attractive enough, and it is normal for sports talents to flow to other fields. The epidemic has only accelerated and amplified this phenomenon.
However, when you go to other fields, you may not be able to apply what you have learned. For example, the public's increasing demand for health has made many companies in other industries who have experienced naked market competition see the charm of sports. Even if there is no substantial business expansion, the internal It has also used sports as a method to unite teams and build corporate culture. "How to understand the needs of other types of enterprises or organizations for talents in sports is a question that job seekers should seriously consider. What can you do with your expertise."
In addition, in order to gain more employment opportunities for yourself, "no limit" should start from personal ability training during school, "Now the fault tolerance rate of corporate recruitment is getting lower and lower, if you have multiple abilities at the same time, you will be more There is some wiggle room.”
The person in charge of a startup company that specializes in sports content production said that after the epidemic, the recruitment market has a wider range of choices. On the other hand, the competitors for the same position are not only fresh graduates who have just entered the workplace and former students who are unemployed, but also include "skilled workers" who have been in the workplace for many years and have been employed for a second time. However, for some start-up companies, fresh students with strong learning ability and a certain sports knowledge background are more popular, after all, the salary space is more friendly.”
However, the person in charge also said that there are corresponding risks in the selection of fresh students. After all, during the epidemic, the time for new people to adapt to the position has been significantly shortened, and the cost of trial and error has increased significantly. Therefore, whether to recruit people and who to recruit really need to be cautious. "Companies are under pressure. If you are really good enough and have the capital to replace others, we are also willing to bear the various costs of adjusting personnel. If one person can cover three people, you will definitely not have to worry about finding a job."
"Forging iron requires hard work. Every internship, every competition, and every skill training will provide you with more possibilities for your future career planning." Dai Ming said that lack of career planning is a problem faced by current college students. Many students do not have a clear direction, and lack the awareness of active growth. They believe that there must be a way to the front of the mountain. "The epidemic is just a magnifying glass. If you can't match your job position, it will be difficult to find a job without the epidemic."
During his college days, Dai Ming tried internships in various positions, and he also participated in the production of content for the Winter Olympics, CUBA and other events in different media through participating in the competition. He still loves the work of sports commentary, and also emphasizes the power of dreams in his major. .
"When the content you do is liked, you will feel that you are contributing to Chinese sports." But he can also see the reality at his feet. "You must have work experience first, and don't be too ambitious."
At present, he has a stable job and part-time sports commentary after work is his living condition. "If you want to live in Shanghai, you can't just rely on one job."
Employment can find a balance between love and reality, but graduation left Dai Ming with regrets.
During the lockdown, he failed to take a graduation photo with his teachers and classmates. The car leaving Shanghai was at 6:00 in the morning. He didn't wake up the classmates. .
"Originally, we wanted to sing Principal Tan's "Can't Say Goodbye". We don't know when we will meet each other for this parting. We can only sing it at a class reunion in the future."
This newspaper, Beijing, May 30th
China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Liang Xuan Source: China Youth Daily